{"product_id":"white-butterfly-an-easy-rawlins-novel-9780743451772","title":"White Butterfly: An Easy Rawlins Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins series, deemed \"one of America's best mystery writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), comes a tale about a murdered man who does not want to go to heaven or hell--he'd rather have his old life in Harlem.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe police don't show up on Easy's doorstep until the third girl dies. It's Los Angeles, 1956 and it takes more than a murdered black girl before the cops get interested. Now they need Easy. The LAPD need help to find the serial killer who's going around murdering young, African American strippers. They only show up when the killer murders a white girl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Easy turns them down. As he says: \"I was worth a precinct full of detectives when the cops needed the word in the ghetto.\" He's married now, a father, and his detective days are over. When the white college coed dies, the cops make it clear that if Easy doesn't help his best friend is headed for jail. So Easy is back, walking the midnight streets of Watts and the darker twisted avenues of a cunning killer's mind, in the most explosive Easy Rawlins mystery yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMosley, Walter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Walter Mosley is the acclaimed author of forty-three books, including the internationally bestselling Easy Rawlins series. His best known Easy Rawlins novels include \u003ci\u003eDevil in a Blue Dress\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Red Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Betty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLittle Yellow Dog\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of the collection of stories \u003ci\u003eAlways Outnumbered\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAlways Outgunned\u003c\/i\u003e featuring Socrates Fortlow, which was the basis for an HBO feature film. A former president of the Mystery Writers of America, he was named a grand master by the organization in 2016. He has served on the board of directors of the National Book Foundation and is a recipient of the PEN American Center Lifetime Achievement Award. A native of Los Angeles, he now lives in New York City.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620061319442,"sku":"9780743451772","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2c42125-7cd1-42b6-b815-0520f6c517e4.jpg?v=1732559856","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/white-butterfly-an-easy-rawlins-novel-9780743451772","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}